Definitely get a new amp, I owned that Technics amp when I first went to college. It worked fine for low quality speakers in a small room. But I then moved it to my parents house and took their Denon (which I bought in High School) and their system sounds horrible now. I feel bad about it but hey, they dont seem to care. That reciever is horribly underpowered and is just cheap in its sound quality. You get what you pay for in electronics. I would definitely reccomend any of Denons products. They do not have a single product that is not a winner, including DVD players and CD players. But their recievers are truy amazing.
